Watched the Young Sheldon pilot largely off of what I read here. It was pretty solid. Definitely has promise. Zoe Perry was probably the best thing about it for me. It’s connection to Big Bang Theory is probably more of a hindrance to me than anything else, as I think it could be a very good show in it’s own right if they do it right.

That said, who was the genius that decided to air the pilot and then not have a new episode for over a month? That’s just dumb.

Watched Death Wish 3 yesterday. I haven’t seen it in a long time and forgot how trashy it was. Thanks to incredulous plot, even for DW series and special thanks to its cheesy, over the top dialogue. I think that just a whole thread alone should be dedicated to it.

I watched Mask of the Phantasm for the first time a couple of days ago. Somehow I’d managed to never see it before until now, but I was prompted to watch it by a book I read earlier this week.

I quite enjoyed it, particularly for the way it played up the human side of Bruce Wayne in a way that’s often absent from Batman stories. Tying in the romantic plot to the ‘Year One’ stuff worked well for me, and gives an extra layer to his decision to become Batman.

Also, it shows that you can tell a decent, tight little Batman story without it having to run to two-and-a-half hours. The current movies could learn from this.

Oh I know what happens. I watched Sci-Fi at the time and saw all the ads and whatnot.

Just never saw it. That’s why I felt Helos’ stuff could have been better, since I know what it ends up being due to commercials about it and I thought it was rather boring. Season would have been better without the subplot.

@Lorcan_Nagle but Season 5 of the wire is the worst season of the Wire.

Saw ASSASSIN’S CREED the movie, and it was pretty middling. Some good, a lot of mediocre and it looked just too much like any number of movies and video game adaptations that never really do well.

It is strange how you can sorta just get a sense of “not quite there” just from the look of a film. This movie didn’t look bad throughout, but just not very imaginative. I didn’t mind some of the effects.

Even if you go along with the central premise involving actual memories passed down through DNA somehow - and you pretty much have to go with that or not bother watching it - the increasing asks of your suspension of disbelief start to weigh it down. The apple thing which is never really explained enough. I mean, I really didn’t understand how the Medieval antagonists expected to have used it without all the technology the present day villains had. The game itself apparently has a much more cohesive and comprehensive point of view that would have probably been used in sequels, but I can’t see even someone who liked this movie would have really been all that interested in a sequel.